New findings published in the journal Nature document the geological age, context and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project, Ethiopia.

The fossils, attributed to an unknown australopithecus that lived in present-day Ethiopia 2.6 million years ago, have met ...

While we know much of the story of how humans evolved, the puzzle is still missing critical pieces. For example, fossil evidence for human evolution ...

An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of the practice, which was often led by women, and was just as crucial to ...

The avocado survived a series of ecological and cultural close calls that could have easily relegated it to extinction ...

The debate around the evolution of modern humans has sparked up new arguments after new information has come to light about Homo sapiens fossils found in East Africa. When looking at the origins ...

Leader and Humans Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human If ancient humans with brains a third the size of our own buried their dead, as some archaeologists are ...

It’s time to change the current known historic timeline when it comes to the arrival of us modern humans, or Homo sapiens, in Europe. The timeline needs to be altered and pushed back 10,000 ...

Humans used to have straighter teeth—what changed? New research explores how diet, evolution, and facial anatomy may have shaped our modern smiles.

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In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel. It forms part of the oldest intentional human burials ever ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the earliest known Homo sapiens.